255 pages : 27 cm

How to recycle every day rubbish and do your bit for the environment

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index

Introduction -- Paper -- Glass -- Metal -- Plastic -- Household -- Compost

Case studies: The environmental policies of the mega-economies -- Construction workshop in Dakar -- Curitibia : the importance of town planning -- The recycling lottery -- Zurich : thinking twice about the garbage -- Green Dot Programme : a lesson in producer responsibility -- Cuba : no waste -- Coles Bay, Tasmania and the plastic bag conundrum -- It's in the bag : Ireland's plastic bag tax -- Barnet's compulsory recycling scheme -- E-waste exportation and exploitation -- TRAID : designer charity -- From cradle to grave : the nappy debate -- New York state prisons' composting coup -- The Regional Circulation Network : food waste recycling in Nagasaka City, Japan -- Hackney's Nightingale Estate : composting but not as we know it

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